major是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the same type -- 较重要的；主要的；重大的

  • All of her major plays have been translated into English. 她的主要剧本都被译成了英文。

  • Sugar is a major cause of tooth decay. 糖是造成蛀牙的主要原因。

  • There are two problems with this situation, one major, one minor. 这一情况牵涉到两个问题，一个主要的，一个次要的。

  • Citrus fruits are a major source of vitamin C. 柑橘类水果是维生素C的重要来源。

  • There has been a major change in attitudes recently. 态度近来有重大改变。

  • The United States is a major influence in the United Nations. 美国是联合国中有重要影响的国家。

• 1 belonging or relating to a musical scale that is generally thought to have a happy sound -- 大调的，大音阶的

  • the key of C major C大调

  • a concerto in A major A 大调协奏曲

• 2 an officer of middle rank in the British, US, and many other armed forces -- （英军、美军及其他军队中的）少校

  • Her father was a major in the Scots Guards. 她父亲曾是苏格兰近卫团的少校。

  • Major Winters/Richard Winters 理查德·温特斯少校

  • [ as form of address ] Thank you, Major. 谢谢您，少校。

• 3 the most important subject that a college or university student is studying, or the student himself or herself -- （大学生的）专业，主修课程；（大学专业的）主修学生

  • What is your major, English or French? 你的专业是英语还是法语？

  • She was a philosophy major at an Ivy League college. 她曾在一所长春藤大学主修哲学。

• 4 to study something as your main subject at college or university -- 主修，以…为专业

  • She majored in philosophy at Harvard. 她曾在哈佛大学主修哲学。